Soka Gakkai Malaysia presents The Painted World Of Khoo Sui Hoe II which fea­tures 60 art­works by Khoo Sui Hoe from 1965 on­wards. The Bal­ing, Kedah-born artist has played an im­por­tant role in the art and cul­tural his­tory of Malaysia, with more than 50 solo ex­hi­bi­tions around the world to his credit. This par­tic­u­lar show­case con­tin­ues from Khoo’s 2007 ret­ro­spec­tive ex­hi­bi­tion held in Pe­nang. Khoo is known for his land­scapes, cre­at­ing mask-like faces, nat­u­ral shapes and ob­jects, both fig­u­ra­tive and imag­i­na­tive. En­trance is free. Time: 11am-5pm. Closed on Mon­days. THE WHITE MASK

Pub­lika

1, Jalan Du­ta­mas 1

So­laris Du­ta­mas

Kuala Lumpur

Web­site: www.cool­er­lumpur.com AUG 14-22:

In con­junc­tion with the fifth edi­tion of The Cooler Lumpur Fes­ti­val next week, lo­cal art con­nois­seur Sharmin Parameswaran has cu­rated this vis­ual art ex­hi­bi­tion. It is based on a short story of the same ti­tle by Zedeck Siew. This ex­hi­bi­tion will show­case the view­point

of a world takeover by highly ad­vanced tech­nol­ogy. It will look at the so­cial, po­lit­i­cal, tech­no­log­i­cal and cul­tural ideas of our times, and that of the fu­ture, un­der the theme “Notes From The Fu­ture”. Free ad­mis­sion. Time: 10am on­wards. MU­SIC

Gior­dano Passini, from Italy, will be pre­sent­ing this in­stru­men­tal recital. The 30-yearold started study­ing mu­sic at the age of 12, and was ad­mit­ted to the pres­ti­gious II level Mas­ter in In­ter­pre­ta­tion Of Con­tem­po­rary Mu­sic at Santa Ce­cilia Con­ser­va­tory in­Rome,where­he­grad­u­at­ed­from, last year. He has per­formed around the world, in­clud­ing

Tel: (04) 899 1722 TO­MOR­ROW TILL SUN­DAY: Au­di­ences can ex­pect a lot of drama from this chil­dren’s play by Noise Per­for­mance House. It re­volves around two girls who live un­der the same roof. The play is in Man­darin, with English sub­ti­tles. Chil­dren must be at least three years old to gain en­try. Show­times: 8pm (to­mor­row); 3pm and 8pm (Satur­day) and 3pm (Sun­day). En­trance by min­i­mum do­na­tion of RM40 (per per­son) or RM150 (for a group of four). Get tick­ets from tick­et­pro.com.my or call Pe­nangPAC. CHAR­ITY

BLOOD DO­NA­TION DRIVE Wisma Rock­wills

62, Jalan 2/131A

Off Jalan Klang Lama

Kuala Lumpur

Tel: (03) 7781 1993 ext 107 (Andy Hoe)

SATUR­DAY:

The Rock­wills Group is hold­ing a blood do­na­tion and char­ity drive. It’s also col­lect­ing brand new elec­tri­cal ap­pli­ances for Par­ents With­out Part­ners’ 10th An­niver­sary cel­e­bra­tion. There will also be free talks on es­tate plan­ning, fire preven­tion, and a ses­sion on emer­gency first aid aware­ness. Time: 9.30am and

Check out the Refugee Fes­ti­val to learn more about the plight of refugees at this four-day fes­ti­val fea­tur­ing film screen­ings, mu­sic and dance per­for­mances, and fo­rums. En­try is free. Time: 3pm-9pm. KARNIVAL TA­MAN SEA 2017 SMK Ta­man SEA

37, Jalan 21/1, Sea Park Pe­tal­ing Jaya

Tel: (03) 7875 2576 SUN­DAY:

Don’t miss this chance for some out­door fun at this car­ni­val, where one can also in­dulge in var­i­ous foods, play games, take part in a colour­ing con­test, and get a scare in the Ghost House. There will also be talks on mind map­ping and se­niors’ health­care, Fly­ing Fox, cos­play, and lucky draws. Ad­mis­sion is free. Time 8am-5pm. WELLNESS

Kuala Lumpur SATUR­DAY: Dis­cover your creativ­ity through this work­shop to get tips on and tricks to writ­ing. The work­shop is con­ducted by Hanna Alkaf, a writer with over 10 years of ex­pe­ri­ence in jour­nal­ism and com­mu­ni­ca­tions. Fees: RM50 and RM20 (for Bri­tish Coun­cil stu­dents with valid ID). Time: 3.30pm-5.30pm (young adults, 18 to 24 years old); 12.30pm2.30pm (se­condary school stu­dents).

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Passini, a grad­u­ate of Santa Ce­cilia Con­ser­va­tory in Rome, Italy, is giv­ing a classical gui­tar recital next Mon­day and Tues­day.

An art­work ti­tled Night­fall, by Khoo. See more of his works at The Painted World of Khoo Sui Hoe II.